Ikki : : Social Conflict and Political Protest in Early Modern Japan / / James W. White.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: White, James W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

The reign of the Tokugawa shoguns was a time of statebuilding and cultural transformation, but it was also a period of ikki: peasant rebellion. James W. White reconstructs the pattern of social conflict in early modern Japan, both among common people and between the populace and the government. Ikki is the first book to cover popular protest in all regions of Japan and to encompass nearly three centuries of history, from the beginnings of the Tokugawa shogunate in the 1590s to the Meiji restoration.White applies contemporary sociological theory to evidence previously unavailable in English. He draws on the long historical record of peasant uprisings, using narrative interpretation and sophisticated quantitative analysis. By linking the texture of conflict to the political and economic regime the shoguns created, he casts doubt on competing interpretations of a contained, orderly society.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Orthography -- Introduction -- Part I. The Context of Contention -- 1. The Political Context -- 2. The Economic Context -- 3. The Social and Demographic Context -- 4. The Ideological and Philosophical Context -- Part II. The Texture and Content of Contention -- 5. Frequency and Magnitude -- 6. Repertoires -- 7. Process and Cycle -- 8. Protagonists and Antagonists -- 9. Twilight of the Ikki -- Part III. The Correlates and Causes of Contention -- 10. Correlation and Causation -- 11. Á Multivariate Analysis -- 12. The Inception of Conflict -- Part IV. Consequences and Conclusions -- 13. Implications and Interpretations -- 14. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. The Aoki Kōji Data -- Appendix 2. Magnitude and Type of Contention -- Bibliography -- Index